Beginning Filmmaking

It has been two-and-a half years since Ella said she wanted to be a filmmaker. Now she is turning 4, and her filmmaker dad has given her a video camera for her birthday. Beginning Filmmaking takes us through one year of trying to teach a preschooler how to make a film. Ella rises to the challenge, but on her own terms. We experience the joys and frustrations both of being a parent and of being a child, and find that you do have to be careful what you wish for.

Credits

Director/Producer/Editor: Jay Rosenblatt
Cinematographers: Thomas Logoreci, Ella Rosenblatt
Running Time: 23 min.
Website: www.jayrosenblattfilms.com/beginning_filmmaking.php

About the Filmmaker

JAY ROSENBLATT has been making films for over 20 years. He is a recipient of a Guggenheim and a Rockefeller Fellowship. His films have received many awards and have screened throughout the world. A selection of his films had a one-week theatrical run at New York's Film Forum and throughout the country. Articles about his work have appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Sight & Sound, Filmmaker and The Village Voice.